Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Began skating 2003 Name Nicolas Nadeau | Skating club CPA Boisbriand Home town Boisbriand | |
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Choreographer Shae-Lynn Bourne, Sylvain Bouillere | ||
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Nicolas Nadeau (born September 30, 1997) is a Canadian competitive figure skater. He is the 2016 World Junior silver medalist and the 2015 Canadian national junior champion.
Contents
- 2015 isu junior grand prix zagreb men short program nicolas nadeau can
- 2015 isu junior grand prix zagreb men free skate nicolas nadeau can
- Personal life
- Career
- 201415 season
- 201516 season
- 201617 season
- Skating technique
- Competitive highlights
- References
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Personal life
Nadeau was born on September 30, 1997 in Montreal, Quebec. He has three older sisters – Tania, Pamela, and Mélissa. He enjoys skiing in addition to figure skating.
Career
Nadeau began skating in 2003. He is coached by Yvan Desjardins since 2011 or earlier. In 2011, he named Kurt Browning and Shawn Sawyer as his figure skating idols.
Competing on the junior level, Nadeau placed 6th at the 2013 Canadian Championships and 4th in 2014.
2014–15 season
Nadeau made his international debut in the 2014–15 season, being selected to compete on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series. He placed 5th at his first JGP event, in Aichi, Japan, and 10th in Zagreb, Croatia. He became the national junior champion at the 2015 Canadian Championships in Kingston, Ontario. This earned him a berth to the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia but he missed qualifying for the free skate by one spot, having placed 25th in the short program.
2015–16 season
In 2015–16, Nadeau started his season at the JGP in Riga, Latvia; he finished 5th after placing second in the short program and 7th in the free skate. He won the silver medal at his second JGP event, in Zagreb, Croatia, finishing 0.38 points behind the gold medalist, Alexander Samarin.
In January 2016, Nadeau placed 5th on the senior level at the 2016 Canadian Nationals and was given Canada's sole spot in men's singles at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. Competing in March at Junior Worlds, he qualified for the final segment by placing 8th in the short program and second in the free skate, winning the silver medal overall.
2016–17 season
Nadeau withdrew from his 2016–17 JGP assignments due to an ankle injury, which occurred while practicing a quad toe loop jump and took about three months to heal. He returned to competition at the 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, his first senior international, and finished 11th. At the 2017 Canadian Championships, he placed fifth in the short program, third in the free skate, and fourth overall.
Skating technique
Unlike most skaters, Nadeau jumps and spins clockwise.
Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix